SocialMedia

Facebook Mulls Advert-Free Subscription Model

Would you pay to use Facebook if it carried no adverts? Facebook executives reportedly ponder the option

6 years ago

Facebook To Launch Online Dating Service

Zuckerberg lights the candles, dims the lights, and puts Barry White on the stereo with online dating service

6 years ago

WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Departs Facebook

WhatsApp co-founder departs Facebook amid reports of clashes over personal data and attempts to weaken its encryption

6 years ago

Facebook To Clearly Label Political Ads

Pledge comes as social network's tech boss is grilled by committee of British MPs

6 years ago

WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age To 16

GDPR's approach sees ban on under 16 years old using popular messaging service WhatsApp

6 years ago

Alphabet Profits Surge, But So Do Costs

Google's parent sees big rise in profits and revenue, but costs rise dramatically as workforce balloons

6 years ago

Facebook Hit With Lawsuit Over Scam Bitcoin Adverts

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis aims to 'give Facebook a bloody nose' for false adverts

6 years ago

Facebook Building Team To Design Own Chips – Report

Artifical intelligence move? Facebook is reportedly building a team to design its own semiconductors

6 years ago

Facebook To Exclude Billion Plus People From GDPR Protection – Report

Will they? Won't they? Social network is reportedly to exclude huge chunk of users from GDPR protection

6 years ago

European Watchdogs To Tackle Social Media Data Harvesting

'Sorry is not enough' say European watchdogs as they form working group to data collection by social media

6 years ago

Zuckerberg Resists Lawmaker Pressure For More Regulation

Mark faces first US Congress hearing, admits platform is in arms race with Russia over social network manipulation

6 years ago

Groups Hit YouTube With Complaint Over Data Gathering On Kids

Groups allege that YouTube violates child protection laws by collection personal data of minors

6 years ago

Facebook’s Sandberg Admits ‘A Few’ Advertisers Have Paused Spending

Social network is 'systematically' looking at how people's data is used by others, and aims to be 'more restrictive'

6 years ago

Zuckerberg Admits Mistakes As Data Harvesting Rises To 87 Million

My mistake says Zuckerberg after Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal rises to 87 million people

6 years ago

Facebook Deletes Hundreds Of Russian Accounts, Says No To Global GDPR

Meanwhile it has emerged that Mark Zuckerberg will testify before US House Energy and Commerce Committee on 11 April

6 years ago

YouTube Blogger Kills Herself and Shoots Three Others

Shooter rampage, as blogger shoots three people at YouTube headquarters before killing herself

6 years ago

Facebook Cuts Ties With Data Brokers

Damage limitation continues as social giant axes ties to data brokers after Cambridge Analytica scandal

6 years ago

Facebook Tweaks Privacy Tools After Cambridge Analytica Scandal

As crisis continues, Facebook announces new privacy tools to give people 'more control' over their data

6 years ago

Firefox Plug-In To Halt Facebook Data Scraping

Mozilla aims to halt Facebook's collection of data via its network of trackers across the web

6 years ago

Zuckerberg Declines To Appear Before Parliamentary Committee

Facebook founder refuses to attend parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee

6 years ago

Facebook Denies Secret Android Metadata Collection

Troubled social network forced to deny claims it surreptitiously collected Android call, text data for years

6 years ago

Zuckerberg Apologises For ‘Mistakes’ In Data-sharing Fiasco

Facebook boss finally breaks radio silence over Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal

6 years ago

Cambridge Analytica CEO Suspended

Facebook data sharing row continues after boss of firm at centre of controversy is suspended

6 years ago

WhatsApp Yet To Resolve EU Data Sharing Concerns

Irish data regulator confirms WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns

6 years ago

‘Tech Addiction’ Campaign To Wean Youngsters Off Smartphones

'Put it down'. Campaign by former Facebook and Google staffers to convince youngsters to take a break from tech

6 years ago

Facebook Hires Former IBM Watson Exec As New AI Boss

Yann LeCun steps down as boss of Facebook's artificial intelligence group, replaced by a former IBM executive

6 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Promises Major Shakeup Of Facebook Newsfeed

More personal posts and less commercial content will be promoted on users' Facebook Newsfeed, CEO says

6 years ago

Tales In Tech History: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

Long before Skype or WhatsApp achieved their domination, AIM was the pioneer of instant communications (IM)

6 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Napster

Napster may have been shortlived, but its impact on the music industry was monumental

6 years ago

Twitter Increases 280 Character Tweet Limit For Everyone

Twitter says longer Tweets encourage more engagement without sacrificing brevity

6 years ago